Fort St. Jago through time

Elmina 2000–2018 16 photos of this spot

16 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Elmina, spanning 2000–2018. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

Photographed in 2000 from Elmina Castle, the Portuguese fortress raised in 1482 that stands as the oldest surviving European structure in sub-Saharan Africa, this view looks out over the front of the castle and the coastal town of Elmina, Ghana.

EU: Overzicht met voorzijde, vanaf Elmina Castle 2000 Photographed in 2000 from Elmina Castle, the Portuguese fortress raised in 1482 that stands as the oldest surviving European structure in sub-Saharan Africa, this view looks out over the front of the castle and the coastal town of Elmina, Ghana.

EU: Stadsgezicht met haven vanaf Elmina Castle 2000 This 2000 photograph, taken from Elmina Castle, overlooks the harbor of Elmina, Ghana, where fishing canoes have long worked the waters beneath the fortress walls built by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century.

EU: Cityscape with fort and cannon at Elmina Castle (2000) 2000 Old cannon stand along the walls of Elmina Castle in this 2000 photograph, overlooking the town below. Built by the Portuguese in 1482, Elmina Castle is the oldest surviving European-built structure in sub-Saharan Africa.

EU: Overzicht met voorzijde, vanaf Elmina Castle (2002) 2002 A view from the ramparts of Elmina Castle over the town of Elmina, Ghana, taken in 2002.

EU: Stadsgezicht met haven vanaf Elmina Castle (2002) 2002 The fishing harbor of Elmina seen from Elmina Castle in 2002, its boats crowding the waterway below.

EU: Stadsgezicht met haven vanaf Elmina Castle 2 (2002) 2002 Taken in 2002 from the ramparts of Elmina Castle, this photograph looks out over the harbor of Elmina, a Ghanaian coastal town whose fort dates to the earliest era of European trade in West Africa.

EU: Overview with front, from Elmina Castle (2002) 2002 This 2002 photograph shows the front of Elmina Castle and the coastal town around it, more than five centuries after the Portuguese first raised the fort to secure their gold and, later, slave trade on the Gold Coast.

EU: Cityscape with harbour, from Elmina Castle, view 1 (2002) 2002 Fishing boats crowd the harbor beside Elmina Castle in this 2002 photograph. The town's harbor at the mouth of the Benya Lagoon has supported Ghanaian fishing fleets for generations.

EU: View of harbour from Elmina Castle (2002) 2002 Another 2002 photograph from Elmina Castle looks down on the harbor, where brightly painted fishing canoes have long worked the waters off Ghana's coast, much as they did when the fort was first built centuries earlier.

EU: Cityscape with harbour, from Elmina Castle, view 2 (2002) 2002 This further 2002 view from Elmina Castle takes in the harbor and surrounding rooftops of the town, which grew up in the shadow of the fortress after the Portuguese established it in the late fifteenth century.

Elmina Port, Ghana 2013 Elmina, on Ghana's coast, has been a fishing and trading port since the fifteenth century, when Portuguese traders first established a settlement there. This 2013 photograph shows the harbor still in active use by local fishing canoes.

Elmina Ghana 1 2014 Elmina remains one of Ghana's most active traditional fishing towns, its harbor lined with brightly painted wooden canoes. This photograph from 2014 records a scene along the town's waterfront.

Elmina Ghana 3 2014 The coastal town of Elmina, first settled by Portuguese traders in the fifteenth century, appears here in a 2014 photograph showing daily life along its shoreline.

Fort St. Jago 2015 Fort St. Jago, built by the Dutch in 1666 on the hill overlooking Elmina Castle, in Elmina, Ghana. Photographed in 2015.

Canoes lying at dock @ Elmina castle 2015 Painted fishing canoes rest at the dock near Elmina Castle in this 2015 photograph. The castle, built by the Portuguese in 1482, is one of the oldest European structures in sub-Saharan Africa and later became a hub of the transatlantic slave trade.

Fishing Day at shores of Elmina 2018 Fishermen work along the shore at Elmina, Ghana, in this photograph from 2018. The town's economy has centered on artisanal fishing for centuries.